Their empty shells are being used to build a barrier to defend these coastal wetlands.

牡蛎的空壳被用来建造一道屏障，以保护这些海岸湿地。

It lived in coastal wetlands more than 66 million years ago during Earth's Cretaceous Period.

它生活在6600多万年前地球白垩纪时期的沿海湿地中。

But something else helped keep the water out of the city: the area's coastal wetlands.

该地区的沿海湿地。

But now in the coastal wetlands, seagrass turns a breathtaking red every autumn, creating beautiful " red beaches" .

但现在，沿海湿地的海草每年秋天都会变红，美得令人屏息，最终变成一片片美不胜收的“红海滩”。

Just three years ago this area was re-engineered to bring the coastal wetland back to its natural state.

就在三年前，这片地被重新设计，以使沿海湿地恢复其自然状态。

A group of kindergartners returned 17 young turtles to the wild in the coastal wetlands of a town called Stone Harbor.

一群幼儿园孩子将17只小海龟放回了一个名叫石港镇的沿海湿地的野外。

Coastal wetlands—as you can probably guess—are close to a coast.

沿海湿地——正如您可能猜到的那样——靠近海岸。

Over the last century, China has lost nearly half of its coastal wetlands and most of what remains is managed for the benefit of people, not wildlife.

在上个世纪，中国几乎失去了一半的沿海湿地，并且大部分保存下来的湿地也是为人类的利益被管理着，而不是为野生动植物。

A halt in cutting down forests, burning peatlands and converting coastal wetlands could prevent the release of nearly five billion metric tons of greenhouse gases each year.

停止砍伐森林、焚烧泥炭地和改造沿海湿地可以防止每年释放近 50 亿公吨温室气体。